Qiusheng Wu, University of Tennessee If you want to track changes in the Amazon rainforest, see the full expanse of a hurricane or figure out where people need help after a disaster, it’s much easier to do with the view from a satellite orbiting a few hundred miles above Earth. Traditionally, access to satellite…
by Jake Bittle, Grist This story was originally published by Grist. You can subscribe to its weekly newsletter here In early 1862, a storm of biblical proportions struck California, dropping more than 120 inches of rain and snow on the state over two months. The entire state flooded, but nowhere was the deluge worse than in…
Andrew Fisher, University of California, Santa Cruz California has seen so much rain over the past few weeks that farm fields are inundated and normally dry creeks and drainage ditches have become torrents of water racing toward the ocean. Yet, most of the state remains in drought. All that runoff in the middle of…
It is yet another attempt by those who believe that only a mega-scaled, technology-intensive approach can be a viable alternative to our current fossil fuel-dependent energy infrastructure. By Brian Tokar Reprinted from Common Dreams under a Creative Commons License (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) In a dramatic scientific and engineering breakthrough, researchers at the Bay Area’s…
A new podcast explores the rights of nature movement and its potential to shift Western legal doctrine around environmental protection. BY BREANNA DRAXLER 5 MIN READ FEB 17, 2022 Reprinted from Yes Magazine under a Creative Commons License “People think of laws being so objective and serious, and almost separate from the social norms,” says investigative climate…